GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 574

Short Title:  Albemarle Hospital.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives James and R. Thompson.
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Referred to:  Government.
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March 14, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION AND RENOVATION TO ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL, THE PASQUOTANK COUNTY HOSPITAL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The purpose of this act is to authorize construction, by Pasquotank County - Albemarle Hospital, of a capital improvement project to include the renovation of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities at Albemarle Hospital.
Sec. 2.  The project authorized to be constructed by this act is of a complex nature and magnitude and the same involves reworking an existing ongoing hospital medical facility and consequently, specialty contractors are needed to meet the needs of the special problems that evolve from reworking an existing ongoing medical facility as well as tieing in new construction to the said facility that alters its complete scheme, layout and design.
Sec. 3.  For the purposes of letting contracts for the construction of the project authorized in Section 1 of this act, Albemarle Hospital - Pasquotank County shall be exempt from the requirements of G.S. 143-128 and G.S. 143-129 and may allow only contractors who are deemed qualified and financially capable by its architects to bid on the project.
Sec. 4.  Notwithstanding any other laws or administrative rules to the contrary, Pasquotank County - Albemarle Hospital may plan, develop, and construct the renovation of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities at Albemarle Hospital through the letting of a construction contract or contracts using the prime contract system and/or the separate prime contract system and/or the construction management contract system.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.